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Show BELATED WIPfTER RULESiDE AREA Snow. Hail and Cold Prevail in. Region From Virginia U) Missouri Valley. WIXCnK.STKK, Vn., April ID. Snow and hall fell at Intervals UiIh morning over tho fruit bolt of northern Vlrplnia and the thermometer has t.ikon a deckled tumble, falling 45 degrees since yesterday noon, approaching the freezing point. CI jliV'I'JLAND. O.. April 10. From one to ex Inches of wqi snow fell throigh-out throigh-out Ohio Inst nlglit, bron Icing dovm trees and telogmph and telcphono wires. It Is believed, however, tho.t tho snow served to pave tho fruit and other spring growths from the frost. KANSAS CTJLT. April in. --Although temperatures ranging from Ut dogroea to 311 degrees above zero prevailed In Kansas Kan-sas and -Missouri early today, eastern Kannns and Missouri wero protected by clouds, which saved thu fruit nnd tender vegetables fj-om a sovcru frost. At Wichita and Dod-c City. Knn.. killing frosta were reported, and light frosln prevailed pre-vailed at OUIahomn City and Fort Worth, Tex. In northwest Missouri freezing temperatures tem-peratures wero reported, but ln Iowa elmidy condltlouR prevailed. In Arltan.sas the weather was cloiidy with no frost. TO1M0KA, Kan., April IJl. Tho temperature tem-perature dropped to Hfi dogrcca hero at S o'clock this morning, the lowe.'it point in twelve hoirfi. Tho cntiru region of tho Kaw valley again escaped a frost, owing to wind and eloudn. "Freezing weather Is reported In western sections of tho stilt e. the tuwosl being 'M degrees, de-grees, at Kills. "While there has ben no frrst ln thin section, tho cold winds ami low temperature luivo chilled fruit, which wan far advanced, nnd apples, plume, poaches and aprlcotH aro dropping from the treos. |